Reading stand



ocr. 2, 192s. y1,(585443 A. M. ELLIS A READING STAND Filed May 10. 1926 inv the following speciiieation, and the novelV features of theinvention will be more pan' *intents ADA'MAMAN ELLIS, or OAKLAND, onnrronivm;

READING STAND.

Application led May 10,

.My invention relates to improvements in collapsible book-holding stands, and it con sists in the combinations, constructions, and arrangements, hereinafter described and claimed. I

An object of iny invention is to provide a collapsible book-holding!n stand which is especially designed to be secured to a bed tor holdinga book in a'position to pernnt the book to be read by a person lying in bed.

1 further object of niy invention is to provide a device of the type described in which a stand is constructed in a novel vinanner for permitting the stand to be adjustably `secured .to a bed, the supporting legs of the vstand being collapsible into a tubular shape and being'slidable into the main body ot the stand. i

:A further object of my invention 1s to pro,-

vide adeviceof the typedescribed in which all of the parts are collapsible'into `a small unit, thus permitting the device to be readilyshipped from place to place at aA slight expense. Y h j i Other objects and advantages willappear ticularly pointed out in the appended claims.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 1s a front elevation of the device,

Figure 2 is a Section along the line 2 2 or", Figure 1, and Y l Figure 8 isa section along the line 3ft? Figure 1. v

ln carrying out Iny invention l vprovide a tubular support consisting` oi a tube and a tube 2 slidably received in thetube rand being adjustably secured thereto a wing screw 3. f The support 1 is Aheld in vertical position by'tliree seinicylindrical collapsibleiegs 4, 5, and 6.' The legs land 5 are hingedly cured to the tube 2 at 7 and S and are adapted' to be swung down into the dotted lineposition shown in Figure 2. Figure 1 shows how the leg 6 is hinged to the tube 2 at 9 and is adapted to swing in a plane at right angles to the swinging of the legs AL-l and 5.

The legs L1 and 5 lockagainst the tube 2 so as toprevent the rocking of the tube about the leg 6 as a-pivot. The leg 6 has a tapered end 10 engaging with a projection 11, seeV Figure 2, whichv prevents the support 1 iroin swinging Adown upon the leg 6. A springpressed catch 12 engages with a pin 13 car- 1926. `rsemi No. 107,985

ried bythe leg 6y and prevents the supportV 1 s eer-enr ermee; q

from swinging to the right in Figure 1. It

wi ll be seen frein 'this construction that the support 1 is suiiiciently braced.. to carryI the book support.hereinafter described.v ,i The support 1 is adjustab'ly securedv tok a bed traine 151, whereby the device is held in a fixed position with respect to the bed. The means for securing the stand to the bed vcornprises a tubular upright 15 hingedly secured at f1G to the leg 6. i Aplunger 17 car'ryinga vacuuni cup 18 is `slidably received in the upnieans of a wing screw 19.` v f The bock stand 20 is of the collapsible type and a casing 213carrying'lights 22 is detachably secured to the book stand v20. Bars n .rightl and is held in adjusted'position by upon the book stand, i

In. Figure 3 l show how the book stand 20 Y is adjustably and pivot-ally secured to a standard 25a-t 26. Thestandard in turn is carried by the tree end of a lazy tong 26,,the other* end of the lazy tong being secured `.to the tube1. i y n n roin the foregoing 4description oi' thevarions parte oitA the device the operation thereof may be readily understood.; In Figure 1 I show a section ot a traine 14 oi a bed toe gether with a section 27' of the springiraine;

In this igure all of the parts inaking up the y device are shown'in operative position. The; support 1 is lengthened to theA height de?y d, the lazy tong 26isextendedto the de` sired positien, the'plunger 1.7 is raised so as to cause the vacuum cup 18 to Contact with the frame 14, and the bookstand 20is rigidly 'secured in place by `ineans ofthe wing clanip26. The book in the book standwill now be held in a position to perniit ra person lying 1n bed to read the saine. The pages ot the' bookV niay be'A turned' onel ata' time and disposed behind the bars'23'a'fter beingturned,l

Incollapsing the device, the casing 2,1'is reinoved frein the book stand 20,'and then the boek stand together with the lazy tong 26 is collapsed and will assume a position adjacent to the tube 1. The plunger 17 may now j 23 are pivotally secured tothe Stand- 20 at 24, see Figures1 and 3,and have their tree ends receivable behind the easing21.. v111e bars ZEBiholdv the book, notshown, in place" be'nioved into the upright 15 andvbe locked in place by the wing; screw 19. The catch 12 is now manually released, thus permitting the leg 6 to be swung into the dotted line position shown in' Figure 1. rThe leg is 'semi-cylindri-k cal in shape and therefore receives the upright 15 together Withthe vplunger 17. The legs 4 and 5 may now be swung into the dotted line position shown at Figure 2 and Will enclose a portion of the leg 6 and the upright 15. vThe legs 4 and 5 When in closed position have an outei diameter of the same size as the outer diameter of the tube 2. j The tube 1 is of a sufficient length to permit the tube 2 together With the legsil, ,5, and 6 and the upright 15 holding said support'in-operative position,

said legs being movable into said support, collapsible book-holder, collapsible means for supporting said book-holder at diileient positions from said support, and means for adjustably securing said device to a bed, means on said support for bracing it on the floor. Y 2, A 'device of the type described comprising anfextensible support, collapsible legs for holding said support in operative position, said legs being movable into said support,'a collapsible book-holder, collapsible means for supporting said book-holder at different positions from said support, and means for adjustably securing said Idevice to a bed, said last named means being collapsible into sai-d support.

3. In a device of the type described, an outer tube, an inn-er tube slidable into and out of said outer tube, means for locking said inner tube in adjusted position to said outer tube, semi-cylindrical legs liingedly carried 'by said inner tube and being swingable from operative position into closed position,

whereby said legs areA receivable insaid outei tube, and another leg` hingedly secuied toV said inner tube and Vextending at an'Y angle to said first named legs when said legs are in'v operative position, and means for rigidly securing said lastnamed leg to said inner tube.

4. In a device of the type described, an outer tube, an inner tube slidable into and out of said outer tube, means for locking said inner tube -in adjusted position to said outer tube,

semi-cylindrical legs liingedly carried by saidinner tube and being sWingable from operative position into closed position,

whereby said legs are receivable in said outer tube, another leg hingedly secured to said inner tube and extending at an angle to said first named legs When said legs arein operative position, and means for rigidly securing said last'nained leg to said inner tube, and an adjustable upright carried by said last named leg for abutting a bed frame, said upright being receivable in said outer-tube.

5. In a device of thev type described, an"

outer tube, an inner tube slidable into'and out ofsaid outer tube, nea-ns for locking said inner tube in adjusted position to said outer' tube, semi-cylindrical legs hingedly Vcarried by said inner tube and being sWingable from` operative position into closed position,

whereby saidv legs are receivable in said outei tube, another leg hingedly` secured to said inner tube 'and-extending at an `,angle to said .first named legs when said legs arerin operative position, and means for rigidly securing saidlast named leg to said inner-tube, and an adjustable upright carried by said last named leg for abutting a bed frame, said 'upright being receivable in said outer tube, said adjustable upright comprising a tubular inem-,r bei' hingedly secured to said last named leg, a plunger slidably mounted in saidmeinber,

ineans for securing said plunger in adjusted position, and a vacuum c up carried bysaid plunger. 6. Ina device of the type described, an outertube, an inner tube, semi-cylindrical legs carried by said inner tube and provid-v ing anA extension Vfor said inner tube when said legs are in folded position, and a third Yleg secured to said inner tube 'being receiv able in said first named legs When said legs arefolded. i

7. In a device of Ythetype vdescribed,an

outer tube, an inner tube, semi-cylindrical legs carried by said inner tube and Yproviding an extensionl for said inner tube when said legs are in folded position, and athird leg'.l

secured toY said inner tube being receivable in said rst named legs when said legs are folded, and an adjustable bracing'nieniberV ADA MARIAN ELLIS. Y

received therein when said bracing 

